French Defense: Trap (2) - Queen Sac!

Queen Sac

Find a sacrifice and an intermezzo!

White to move ... Can you find a sacrifice and an in-between move (intermezzo) for White to win quickly?

You will become a great chess tactician if you recognise the theme here. 

CLUE:  White is close to mate here, but what is the next move??. Without looking at the solution, try and devise a series of moves in your head that you can play to attack the opponent's king for a favourable outcome ...

Show Solution

Solution: 1.Qxh6 gxh6 2.gxh6+ Kf8 3.Rg8+ Kxg8 4.h7+ Kf8 5.h8=Q# - simple but great!!

Moves from the actual game ...

Here are the moves from this game that were actually played in the above position .     

So, the theme was a Queen sacrifice then a Rook Sacrifice (intermezzo) shortly afterwards ... !!! (Without the intermezzo here, the Black King escapes ... )